We picked 23 of the best free Windows apps for video editing, backup, email, security, photo editing, media playback, and ...

Real-time system and hardware monitoring goes beyond typical “PC clean-up and optimization” tools. Maintenance runs in the background without hogging resources. Access a comprehensive suite of Windows ...

Xbox’s new Cozy Collection is now live with themed 8BitDo, SteelSeries and KontrolFreek gear for a warmer gaming setup.

Control Panel has one tenant Microsoft still can’t evict.

Elgato and streaming lighting—they’ve gone hand in hand for years. Now the manufacturer has reimagined its popular Key Light Air. And it’s been revamped so thoroughly that really only the name remains ...

Users are familiar with an older look, and Microsoft probably doesn't want to displease them Some of Windows 11's tools, like Control Panel, File Explorer, Registry Editor, and others, look unchanged ...

If you have been trying to use the Windows Emoji Panel to add animated GIFs to messages, you may well have found that it is not working. You are not alone – and Microsoft has an explanation. The ...

Microsoft has fixed the GIF functionality in the Emoji Panel for Windows 11 users after the provider shut down its service. According to Microsoft, the GIF feature stopped working suddenly on June 30 ...

In the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, Microsoft has introduced various new features in Windows 11 designed to protect users from modern workplace threats. Among such features, Smart App ...

NVIDIA is retiring its classic Control Panel after two decades and moving the same GPUs settings into the official NVIDIA app that debuted in 2024. The company confirmed the shift in the release notes ...

Nvidia Control Panel is no more, or at least it won't be if you install the latest version of Nvidia's driver. After 20 years of being the slightly cumbersome interface for Nvidia GPU settings, the ...

Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the “Nvidia app” have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel and its rotating green Nvidia logo have existed as an option for managing ...